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Newsmax video from an FBI press conference indicates that the Old Dominion University gunman said, “Allah Akbar,” as he commenced his attack.

Heisman Trophy winner Fernando Mendoza became national championship winner Fernando Mendoza after a gutsy performance against a relentless Miami defense at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami on Monday night.

NEW YORK — It is one of the most surprising music stories of the year. While streams of new music — releases from the last 18 months — were down from last year, one genre is on the rise: Christian and gospel music, according to industry data and analytics company Luminate’s 2025 Midyear Report.

Former U.S. Senator Ben Sasse announced Tuesday that he has been diagnosed with metastasized stage-four pancreatic cancer.

Conservative commentator Mark Levin offered praise for President Donald Trump’s role and significance in the Jewish community, during a Hanukkah reception at the White House on Tuesday.

Retired Pastor Clive Johnston is facing a trial hearing on Wednesday for allegedly violating abortion buffer-zone laws by preaching John 3:16 near a hospital in Northern Ireland last year.

In a recent podcast interview, billionaire Elon Musk expressed mixed feelings about his time leading the Trump administration’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), suggesting he likely would not repeat the experience.

The U.S. is mulling a host of options such as sanctions and Pentagon engagement on counterterrorism as part of a plan to compel the Nigerian government to better protect its persecuted Christian communities.

U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz praised rap superstar Nicki Minaj for using her platform to “spotlight” the persecution and slaughter of Christians in Nigeria.

Authorities are on the hunt for a vandal wielding an LGBT rainbow flag, targeting churches in New York City and accusing them of being cults.

Actor Zachary Levi, star of franchises Chuck and Shazam!, is in no doubt as to where his drive to succeed comes from as he negotiates Hollywood.

During a Sunday night press conference, Grand Blanc Township Police Chief William Renye indicated two more bodies had been discovered in the burned church, bringing the total number of deaths to four.

Americans must remember that the thief has come to “steal, kill, and destroy,” but Jesus came to give us abundant life, Rep. Mark Harris said.

New York Jets quarterback Justin Fields is admitting to fans that he is “low-key addicted” to his deep Christian faith. Fields told the media on Tuesday that he is falling back on his faith as he kicks off his first

Bible sales have doubled and the number of young Britons attending church services has quadrupled in six years, according to fresh data released Sunday.

Christian/gospel music is resurgent across the U.S. alongside “recession pop” according to Luminate’s 2025 Midyear Report.

A 12-year-old boy in the Make-A-Wish program says he chose to meet NFL player CJ Stroud because the Houston Texan is “a great christian.”

Texas Governor Greg Abbott (R) signed legislation last week that mandates the display of the Ten Commandments in all public school classrooms, beginning in September.

A cloud formation resembling Jesus Christ appeared above a Basilica in the Philippines just after Mass earlier this month, stunning worshippers and causing a video of the heavenly cloud to go viral on social media.

President Donald Trump took time to thank God in particular during an address to the nation about what he called the “spectacular success” of the U.S. airstrike on Iran’s nuclear facilities on Saturday night.

Socialist dictator of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, accused Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of being “the Hitler of the 21st Century” in response to Israel’s airstrikes on Friday against Iran, a key ally of his authoritarian regime.

American Catholics are feeling excited about their newly-elected religious leader Pope Leo XIV just a month after he was elevated to the position, a poll released Sunday reveals.

NBA Hall of Fame head coach Phil Jackson is no fan of games played on Easter Sunday – or any other day of sacred Christian worship.

President Donald Trump, who in his wheeling and dealing developer years in New York was never described as a religious man, posted a particularly reverent post to the nation for Easter Sunday.

President Donald Trump recognized the start of Holy Week and Jesus Christ’s Crucifixion and Resurrection, noting “History was forever changed” in the moment of Jesus Christ’s Resurrection.

The autocratic Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is imposing severe restrictions on Christian missionary activity in the country, arguing loyalty to the party usurps all other beliefs and credos.

President Donald Trump’s pro-American immigration policy is “a crusade which comes from the darkest parts of our American psyche and soul and history,” according to Pope Francis’s new Archbishop of Washington, DC.

The world’s Catholic population is on the rise at the same time the number of priests has fallen, a report released Thursday by the Vatican shows.

Holy Bible sales are soaring in the UK with publishers crediting the rising spirituality of Gen Z as driving the revival of interest embracing the ancient text in an increasingly unstable world.

Christianity’s years-long decline in the U.S. may be slowing and could have leveled off, a poll released Wednesday by Pew Research study suggests.

Over 2,000 students pledged their lives to Christ at the University of Kentucky where over 8,000 people have been joining a revival.

President Donald Trump’s proposed National Garden of American Heroes will play host to sculpture’s honoring “great figures of America’s history” with the late Rev. Billy Graham destined to be among them.

Gay rights activist Father James Martin has renewed his attacks on Catholic Vice President JD Vance, insisting Vance does not understand the purpose of religious freedom.

Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker is still standing up for himself in the face of media criticism of his 2024 commencement speech.

Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes won the AFC Championship Game on Sunday night, and he also won the postgame interview.

Several members of the victorious Ohio State Buckeyes openly praised God after winning college football’s national title on Sunday.